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Malaria
Reports summarize malaria research from Federal University of Minas Gerais
February 4th, 2009
According to a study from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, "Studies on concomitant schistosomiasis and human and experimental malaria have shown a variation in the immunospecific response, as well as an increase in the severity of both parasitoses. In the present study, a murine co-infection model was used to determine the effects of a co-infection with Schistosoma mansoni and Plasmodium berghei on the protective immunity acquired by repeated malarial infections and subsequent curative treatment with chloroquine." "Our results have demonstrated that, compared to an infection with P. berghei only, the co-infection increases the malarial parasitaemia and decreases the survival...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-02-04)
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